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  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

governments by oil and gas firms, and negative stock price reactions for affected firms at the announcement of regulations mandating disclosure. This suggests that sample firm managers and their investors... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

merchants petitioned shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune to officially authorize trade in rice futures at the Dojima Exchange, the world's first organized (but unsanctioned) futures market. For many years, the Japanese government had prohibited the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

society." Mañón added, "It also opened their eyes to the stir that government was creating" in order to regulate the industry. Company spokesmen have confirmed that they are aware of the ever... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

perspective of originators. All originators benefit from the presence of additional informed investors in bad times, but each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model suggests View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

Prognosis

of telemedicine. At MGH these virtual visits skyrocketed, allowing patients and doctors to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. How did that change come about so suddenly, after years of existing on the fringes? Robert Huckman: What we’ve seen is at least a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Blockbuster Deals

systems and nonfunctional governance systems." "In the 1980s," says Jensen, "there were many more takeovers, mergers, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings intended to create efficiency and value. While some of this is happening now,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/a-better-way-to-tax-us-businesses/ar/1 How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure Authors:Anil Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell, and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Mandatory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States reeled from the blatant failures of corporate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

and local governments should invest in it. But the idea of investing in ECD for economic development was new and had never been tested on a large scale, particularly in the way that Rolnick and Grunewald recommended in a later paper—using... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

Lerner and Scott Stern, 483-502. University of Chicago Press, 2012 Abstract Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational enterprises, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

cognitive, normative, or regulative mainstays of an organizational field. Institutional innovation, like all innovation, is both novel and useful but differs in that it is also legitimate, credible, and appropriate. Legitimacy is hinged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

reforms, we find that an increase in female representation in local government induces a large and significant rise in documented crimes against women in India. Our evidence suggests that this increase is good news, driven primarily by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

comparison to their private counterparts. We do not argue that all SOEs are efficient or that it is optimal to have government ownership of banks and other companies. What we aim to show is that the return of state capitalism is likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

ever-changing regulations and policies.” “Complexity was high,” especially early on, one CEO noted, adding: “It was not easy to keep up with [changing regulations and new policies].” Customer behavior also... View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
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responsiveness of government regulators like central banks. Similarly, in some countries, the financial sector is dominated by large family-owned banks that can become a barrier to market access. Many... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

lower risk levels for banks that employ bank managers with higher equity stakes. Our evidence also suggests that external shareholders affect risk taking via directors representing their interests. We also demonstrate that regulation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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  • 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs, efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
  • Case

Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas
Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Family Business; Communication Strategy; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Food; Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Brazil; Latin America; Argentina; Uruguay; North America; United States; Europe; Asia; China
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  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

on a company's financial, environmental, social, and governance performance and shows the relationships between them. This kind of Integrated reporting also involves leveraging the Internet to provide more detailed information to all a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff